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Artisans Angkor is a Cambodian social business whose purpose is to create job opportunities for young people living in rural areas, while reviving at the same time traditional Khmer craftsmanship (stone and wood carving, painting on statues and on silk, lacquering, and silver plating).〔(Winter, Tim; Chang, T. C. (18 November 2008). Asia on tour: exploring the rise of Asian tourism. Taylor & Francis. pp. 57–. ISBN 978-0-415-46085-9. Retrieved 22 May 2011. )〕 The organisation is located on Stung Thmey Street, 2 minutes walk from the Old Market in Siem Reap center, Cambodia. Two sites are open to the public in Siem Reap – one specializing in crafts located on Stung Thmey Street and the other specializing in silk at the Angkor Silk Farm (20mins drive from Siem Reap center, in Puok district).〔(Boobbyer, Claire; Spooner, Andrew; O'Tailan, Jock (13 May 2008). Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos. Footprint Travel Guides. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-906098-09-4. Retrieved 23 May 2011. )〕 Seven shops selling handmade items made by Artisans Angkor can be found in Siem Reap center, at the Angkor Silk Farm, at the Angkor Café in front of Angkor Wat temple, in Phnom Penh city center and in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh International Airport as well.〔(Outlook Traveller. Outlook Publishing. March 2008. p. 37. Retrieved 23 May 2011. )〕 ==History== Artisans Angkor is a semi-public company whose story started in 1992 with an educational project called “Les Chantiers-Ecoles de Formation Professionnelle” (CEFP) implemented by the Cambodian Ministry of Education.〔(Artisans Angkor's website: From an educational project to the largest employer in Siem Reap province )〕 This project aimed at rebuilding the country after the war period by training young people in the building sector, such as masonry, plumbing, tiling, painting, etc. Hence, “Les Chantiers-Ecoles de Formation Professionnelle” developed an educational methodology to provide those skills to underprivileged young Cambodians with little education. In the mid-1990s, this training was extended to traditional Khmer craftsmanship, as this essential part of the Khmer cultural heritage had almost disappeared. At the end of the training, there were many employment opportunities for the young people trained in the building sector but as the tourism was not yet well-developed in Cambodia at that time, it was more difficult to find a job in the field of handicrafts. Given this situation, a European program called “REPLIC” provided financial support between 1998 and 2001 to create a project called “Artisans Angkor” which was meant to be a workplace for the young Cambodians trained by CEFP in the handicraft sector. In 2003, thanks to the support of the Agence Française de Développement (French Agency for Development), Artisans Angkor turned into an autonomous and semi-public Cambodian company. The profits of the company are totally reinvested in the development of new training programs or the construction of new workplaces in the Siem Reap province. Also, the company has developed its own training program (independent from the CEFP) in the craft sector. It regularly provides young Cambodians aged from 18 to 25 years with free vocational training either in stone or wood carving, or lacquering, or silver plating. Young people mostly coming from remote rural areas close to a new workshop built by Artisans Angkor can apply to this training in order to learn those skills and they have to pass a couple of manual and motivational tests. The compensated training period lasts from 6 to 9 months and at the end of this apprenticeship, the trainees are granted the status of “artisans”. If they wish to, they can then integrate Artisans Angkor where an employment opportunity is guaranteed to them. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Artisans Angkor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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